Gov. Rick Perry makes a statement at the capitol building in Austin, Texas on Saturday, Aug. 16, 2014 concerning the indictment on charges of coercion of a public servant and abuse of his official capacity. Perry is the first Texas governor since 1917 to be indicted.

AUSTIN – The special prosecutor in Gov. Rick Perry's case said Monday there will not be an arrest warrant issued for him on the charges that he abused his power.

"I've agreed that only a summons will be issued" for Perry to appear in court, said San Antonio lawyer Michael McCrum, the special prosecutor. He said that is not unusual and that Perry is not getting special treatment.

The case revolves around Perry's threat last year to veto funding for a public corruption unit overseen by Democratic Travis County District Attorney Rosemary Lehmberg unless she resigned in the wake of a messy drunken-driving arrest. She stayed in office, and the Republican governor vetoed the money, saying she had lost the public's confidence.

McCrum emphasized that it's not unusual to do without a warrant in his experience, which includes a stint as a federal prosecutor.

"In my experience as a prosecutor, I've done that before in cases where I do not see a risk of flight nor a risk that evidence will be destroyed," McCrum said. "I don't want anybody to get the impression he's being given any special favors."

McCrum and Perry's lawyer planned to talk Monday to decide on a date for Perry's arraignment in court.

It is unclear when Perry will turn himself in to be processed.

McCrum said he had told Perry's lawyer, David Botsford, that "so long as it happens this week, I have no particular preference on what day it happens."

Asked whether Perry would be required to have a mug shot, McCrum said, "He's going to have to be processed like every other person who is charged with a crime."

Perry was indicted Friday on one count of abuse of official capacity, a first-degree felony punishable by five to 99 years in prison, and one count of coercion of a public servant, a third-degree felony carrying a punishment of two to 10 years in prison.

He has contended the indictment is politically motivated and that he acted within his constitutional authority.